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The/at Bishop/nn-tl of/in-tl Gloucester/np-tl described/vbd the/at elder/jjr Thomas/np in/in 1577/cd as/cs the/at richest/jjt recusant/nn in/in his/pp$ diocese/nn ,/, worth/jj five/cd hundred/cd pounds/nns a/at year/nn in/in lands/nns and/cc goods/nns ./.
When/wrb Quiney/np and/cc William/np Parsons/np wrote/vbd to/in Greville/np in/in 1593/cd asking/vbg his/pp$ consent/nn in/in the/at election/nn for/in bailiff/nn ,/, they/ppss sent/vbd the/at letter/nn to/in Mr./np William/np Sawnders/np ,/, attendant/nn on/in the/at worshipful/jj Mr./np Thomas/np Bushell/np at/in Marston/np ./.
Mr./np Bushell/np was/bedz mentioned/vbn in/in 1602/cd in/in the/at will/nn of/in Joyce/np Hobday/np ,/, widow/nn of/in a/at Stratford/np glover/nn ./.
Thomas/np the/at elder/jjr married/vbd twice/rb ,/, had/hvd seventeen/cd children/nns ,/, and/cc died/vbd in/in 1615/cd ./.
His/pp$ daughter/nn Elinor/np married/vbd Quiney's/np$ son/nn Adrian/np in/in 1613/cd ,/, and/cc his/pp$ son/nn Henry/np married/vbd Mary/np Lane/np of/in Stratford/np in/in 1609/cd ./.
His/pp$ son/nn Thomas/np ,/, aged/vbn fifteen/cd when/wrb he/pps entered/vbd Oxford/np in/in 1582/cd ,/, married/vbd as/cs his/pp$ first/od wife/nn Margaret/np ,/, sister/nn of/in Sir/np Edward/np Greville/np ./.
Bridges/np ,/, a/at son/nn by/in his/pp$ second/od wife/nn ,/, was/bedz christened/vbn at/in Pebworth/np in/in 1607/cd ,/, but/cc Thomas/np the/at younger/jjr was/bedz living/vbg at/in Packwood/np two/cd years/nns later/rbr and/cc sold/vbd Broad/jj-tl Marston/np-tl manor/nn in/in 1622/cd ./.
A/at third/od Thomas/np Bushell/np (/( 1594-1674/cd )/) ,/, ``/`` much/rb loved/vbn ''/'' by/in Bacon/np ,/, called/vbd himself/ppl ``/`` The/at-tl Superlative/jj-tl Prodigall/nn-tl ''/'' in/in The/at-tl First/od-tl Part/nn-tl of/in-tl Youths/nn$-tl Errors/nns-tl (/( 1628/cd )/) and/cc became/vbd an/at expert/nn on/in silver/nn mines/nns and/cc on/in the/at art/nn of/in running/vbg into/in debt/nn ./.


	Edward/np Greville/np ,/, born/vbn about/rb 1565/cd ,/, had/hvd inherited/vbn Milcote/np on/in the/at execution/nn of/in his/pp$ father/nn Lodowick/np for/in murder/nn in/in 1589/cd ./.
He/pps refused/vbd his/pp$ consent/nn to/in the/at election/nn of/in Quiney/np as/cs bailiff/nn in/in 1592/cd ,/, but/cc gave/vbd it/ppo at/in the/at request/nn of/in the/at recorder/nn ,/, his/pp$ cousin/nn Sir/np Fulke/np Greville/np ./.
The/at corporation/nn entertained/vbd him/ppo for/in dinner/nn at/in Quiney's/np$ house/nn in/in 1596/7/cd ,/, with/in wine/nn and/cc sugar/nn sent/vbn by/in the/at bailiff/nn ,/, Sturley/np ./.
At/in Milcote/np on/in November/np 3/cd ,/, 1597/cd ,/, the/at aldermen/nns asked/vbd him/ppo to/to support/vb their/pp$ petition/nn for/in a/at new/jj charter/nn ./.
Sturley/np wrote/vbd to/in Quiney/np that/cs Sir/np Edward/np ``/`` gave/vbd his/pp$ allowance/nn and/cc liking/nn thereof/rb ,/, and/cc affied/vbd unto/in us/ppo his/pp$ best/jjt endeavour/nn ,/, so/cs that/cs his/pp$ rights/nns be/be preserved/vbn ''/'' ,/, and/cc that/cs ``/`` Sir/np Edward/np saith/vbz we/ppss shall/md not/* be/be at/in any/dti fault/nn for/in money/nn for/in prosecuting/vbg the/at cause/nn ,/, for/in himself/ppl will/md procure/vb it/ppo and/cc lay/vb it/ppo down/rp for/in us/ppo for/in the/at time/nn ''/'' ./.
Greville/np proposed/vbd Quiney/np as/cs the/at fittest/jjt man/nn ``/`` for/in the/at following/nn of/in the/at cause/nn and/cc to/to attend/vb him/ppo in/in the/at matter/nn ''/'' ,/, and/cc at/in his/pp$ suggestion/nn the/at corporation/nn allowed/vbd Quiney/np two/cd shillings/nns a/at day/nn ./.
``/`` If/cs you/ppss can/md firmly/rb make/vb the/at good/jj knight/nn sure/jj to/to pleasure/vb our/pp$ Corporation/nn-tl ''/'' ,/, Sturley/np wrote/vbd ,/, ``/`` besides/in that/dt ordinary/jj allowance/nn for/in your/pp$ diet/nn you/ppss shall/md have/hv 20/cd for/in recompence/nn ''/'' ./.


	In/in his/pp$ letter/nn mentioning/vbg Shakespeare/np on/in January/np 24/cd ,/, 1597/8/cd ,/, Sturley/np asked/vbd Quiney/np especially/rb that/cs ``/`` theare/ex might/md (/( be/be )/) bi/in Sir/np Ed./np Grev./np some/dti meanes/nns made/vbn to/in the/at Knightes/nns of/in the/at Parliament/nn-tl for/in an/at ease/nn and/cc discharge/nn of/in such/jj taxes/nns and/cc subsedies/nns wherewith/wrb our/pp$ towne/nn is/bez like/jj to/to be/be charged/vbn ,/, and/cc I/ppss assure/vb u/ppo I/ppss am/bem in/in great/jj feare/nn and/cc doubte/nn bi/in no/at meanes/nns hable/jj to/to paie/vb ./.
Sir/np Ed./np Gre./np is/bez gonne/vbn to/in Brestowe/np and/cc from/in thence/rb to/in Lond./np as/cs I/ppss heare/vb ,/, who/wps verie/ql well/rb knoweth/vbz our/pp$ estates/nns and/cc wil/md be/be willinge/jj to/to do/do us/ppo ani/dti good/nn ''/'' ./.
The/at knights/nns for/in Warwickshire/np in/in this/dt parliament/nn ,/, which/wdt ended/vbd its/pp$ session/nn on/in February/np 9/cd ,/, were/bed Fulke/np Greville/np (/( the/at poet/nn )/) and/cc William/np Combe/np of/in Warwick/np ,/, as/cs Fulke/np Greville/np and/cc Edward/np Greville/np had/hvd been/ben in/in 1593/cd ./.
The/at corporation/nn voted/vbd on/in September/np 27/cd ,/, 1598/cd ,/, that/cs Quiney/np should/md ride/vb to/in London/np about/in the/at suit/nn to/in Sir/np John/np Fortescue/np ,/, chancellor/nn of/in the/at Exchequer/nn-tl ,/, for/in discharging/vbg of/in the/at tax/nn and/cc subsidy/nn ./.
He/pps had/hvd been/ben in/in London/np for/in several/ap weeks/nns when/wrb he/pps wrote/vbd to/in Shakespeare/np on/in October/np 25/cd ./.
Sturley/np on/in November/np 4/cd answered/vbd a/at letter/nn from/in Quiney/np written/vbn on/in October/np 25/cd which/wdt imported/vbd ,/, wrote/vbd Sturley/np ,/, ``/`` that/cs our/pp$ countriman/nn Mr./np Wm./np Shak./np would/md procure/vb us/ppo monei/nn :/: which/wdt I/ppss will/md like/vb of/in as/cs I/ppss shall/md heare/vb when/wrb ,/, wheare/wrb &/cc howe/wrb :/: and/cc I/ppss prai/vb let/vb not/* go/vb that/dt occasion/nn if/cs it/pps mai/md sort/vb to/in ani/dti indifferent/jj condicions/nns ./.
Allso/rb that/cs if/cs monei/nn might/md be/be had/hvn for/in 30/cd or/cc 40/cd a/at lease/nn &/cc might/md be/be procured/vbn ''/'' ./.
Sturley/np quoted/vbd Quiney/np as/cs having/hvg written/vbn on/in November/np 1/cd that/cs if/cs he/pps had/hvd ``/`` more/ap monei/nn presente/rb much/ap might/md be/be done/vbn to/to obtaine/vb our/pp$ Charter/nn-tl enlargd/vbn ,/, ij/nil faires/nil more/nil ,/, with/in tole/nn of/in corne/nn ,/, bestes/nns ,/, and/cc sheepe/nns ,/, and/cc a/at matter/nn of/in more/ap valewe/nn then/cs all/abn that/dt ''/'' ./.
Sturley/np thought/vbd that/cs this/dt matter/nn might/md be/be ``/`` the/at rest/nn of/in the/at tithes/nns and/cc the/at College/nn-tl houses/nns and/cc landes/nns in/in our/pp$ towne/nn ''/'' ./.
He/pps suggested/vbd offering/vbg half/nn to/in Sir/np Edward/np ,/, fearing/vbg lest/cs ``/`` he/pps shall/md thinke/vb it/ppo to/ql good/jj for/in us/ppo and/cc procure/vb it/ppo for/in himselfe/ppl ,/, as/cs he/pps served/vbd us/ppo the/at last/ap time/nn ''/'' ./.
This/dt refers/vbz to/in what/wdt had/hvd happened/vbn after/cs the/at Earl/nn-tl of/in-tl Warwick/np-tl died/vbd in/in 1590/cd ,/, when/wrb the/at town/nn petitioned/vbd Burghley/np for/in the/at right/nn to/to name/vb the/at vicar/nn and/cc schoolmaster/nn and/cc other/ap privileges/nns but/cc Greville/np bought/vbd the/at lordship/nn for/in himself/ppl ./.
Sturley's/np$ allusion/nn probably/rb explains/vbz why/wrb Greville/np took/vbd out/rp the/at patent/nn in/in the/at names/nns of/in Best/np and/cc Wells/np ,/, for/cs Sir/np Anthony/np Ashley/np described/vbd Best/np as/cs ``/`` a/at scrivener/nn within/in Temple/nn-tl Bar/nn-tl ,/, that/wps deals/vbz in/in many/ap matters/nns for/in my/pp$ L./np Essex/np ''/'' through/in Sir/np Gelly/np Merrick/np ,/, especially/rb in/in ``/`` causes/nns that/wpo he/pps would/md not/* be/be known/vbn of/in ''/'' ./.


	Adrian/np Quiney/np wrote/vbd to/in his/pp$ son/nn Richard/np on/in October/np 29/cd and/cc again/rb perhaps/rb the/at next/ap day/nn ,/, since/cs the/at bearer/nn of/in the/at letter/nn ,/, the/at bailiff/nn ,/, was/bedz expected/vbn to/to reach/vb London/np on/in November/np 1/cd ./.
In/in his/pp$ second/od letter/nn the/at old/jj mercer/nn advised/vbd his/pp$ son/nn ``/`` to/to bye/vb some/dti such/jj warys/nns as/cs yow/ppss may/md selle/vb presentlye/rb with/in profet/nn ./.
Yff/cs yow/ppss bargen/vb with/in Wm./np Sha./np (/( so/rb in/in the/at MS/nn )/) or/cc Receave/vb money/nn ther/rb or/cc brynge/vb your/pp$ money/nn home/nr yow/ppss maye/md see/vb howe/wrb knite/vbn stockynges/nns be/be sold/vbn ther/rb ys/bez gret/jj byinge/nn of/in them/ppo at/in Aysshom/np ./.
Wherefore/wrb I/ppss thynke/vb yow/ppss maye/md doo/do good/rb yff/cs yow/ppss can/md have/hv money/nn ''/'' ./.
This/dt seems/vbz to/to refer/vb ,/, not/* to/in the/at loan/nn Richard/np had/hvd asked/vbn for/in ,/, but/cc to/in a/at proposed/vbn bargain/nn with/in Shakespeare/np ./.


	Richard/np Quiney/np the/at-tl younger/jjr ,/, a/at schoolboy/nn of/in eleven/cd ,/, wrote/vbd a/at letter/nn in/in Latin/np asking/vbg his/pp$ father/nn to/to buy/vb copybooks/nns (/( ``/`` chartaceos/fw-jj libellos/fw-nns )/) ''/'' )/) for/in him/ppo and/cc his/pp$ brother/nn ./.
His/pp$ mother/nn Bess/np ,/, who/wps could/md not/* write/vb herself/ppl ,/, reminded/vbd her/pp$ husband/nn through/in Sturley/np to/to buy/vb the/at apron/nn he/pps had/hvd promised/vbn her/ppo and/cc ``/`` a/at suite/nn of/in hattes/nns for/in 5/cd boies/nns the/at yongst/jjt lined/vbn &/cc trimmed/vbn with/in silke/nn ''/'' (/( for/in John/np ,/, only/rb a/at year/nn old/jj )/) ./.
A/at letter/nn signed/vbn ``/`` Isabell/np Bardall/np ''/'' entreated/vbd ``/`` Good/jj-tl Cozen/nn-tl ''/'' Quiney/np-tl to/to find/vb her/pp$ stepson/nn Adrian/np ,/, son/nn of/in George/np Bardell/np ,/, a/at place/nn in/in London/np with/in some/dti handicraftsman/nn ./.
William/np Parsons/np and/cc William/np Walford/np ,/, drapers/nns ,/, asked/vbd Quiney/np to/to see/vb to/in business/nn matters/nns in/in London/np ./.
Daniel/np Baker/np deluged/vbd his/pp$ ``/`` Unckle/nn-tl Quyne/np ''/'' with/in requests/nns to/to pay/vb money/nn for/in him/ppo to/in drapers/nns in/in Watling/np-tl Street/nn-tl and/cc at/in the/at Two/cd-tl Cats/nns-tl in/in Canning/np-tl Street/nn-tl ./.
His/pp$ letter/nn of/in October/np 26/cd named/vbd two/cd of/in the/at men/nns about/in whom/wpo Quiney/np had/hvd written/vbn to/in Shakespeare/np the/at day/nn before/rb ./.
Baker/np wrote/vbd :/: ``/`` I/ppss tooke/vbd order/nn with/in Sr./np E./np Grevile/np for/in the/at payment/nn of/in Ceartaine/jj monei/nn beefore/in his/pp$ going/vbg towardes/in London/np ./.
&/cc synce/cs I/ppss did/dod write/vb unto/in him/ppo to/to dessier/vb him/ppo to/to paie/vb 10/cd for/in mee/ppo which/wdt standeth/vbz mee/ppo greatly/rb uppon/in to/to have/hv paide/vbn ./.
&/cc 20/cd more/ap Mr./np Peeter/np Rowswell/np tooke/vbd order/nn with/in his/pp$ master/nn to/to paie/vb for/in mee/ppo ''/'' ./.
He/pps asked/vbd Quiney/np to/to find/vb out/rp whether/cs the/at money/nn had/hvd been/ben paid/vbn and/cc ,/, if/cs not/* ,/, to/to send/vb to/in the/at lodging/nn of/in Sir/np Edward/np and/cc entreat/vb him/ppo to/to pay/vb what/wdt he/pps owed/vbd ./.
Baker/np added/vbd :/: ``/`` I/ppss pray/vb you/ppss delivre/vb these/dts inclosed/vbn Letters/nns And/cc Comend/vb mee/ppo to/in Mr./np Rychard/np Mytton/np whoe/wps I/ppss know/vb will/md ffreind/vb mee/ppo for/in the/at payment/nn of/in this/dt monei/nn ''/'' ./.
Further/jjr letters/nns in/in November/np mention/vb that/cs Sir/np Edward/np paid/vbd forty/cd pounds/nns ./.


	Stratford's/np$ petition/nn to/in the/at queen/nn declared/vbd that/cs two/cd great/jj fires/nns had/hvd burnt/vbn two/cd hundred/cd houses/nns in/in the/at town/nn ,/, with/in household/nn goods/nns ,/, to/in the/at value/nn of/in twelve/cd thousand/cd pounds/nns ./.
The/at chancellor/nn of/in the/at Exchequer/nn-tl wrote/vbd on/in the/at petition/nn :/: ``/`` in/in myn/pp$ opinion/nn it/pps is/bez very/ql resonable/jj and/cc conscionable/jj for/cs hir/pp$ maiestie/nn to/to graunt/vb in/in relief/nn of/in this/dt towne/nn twise/rb afflicted/vbn and/cc almost/rb wasted/vbn by/in fire/nn ''/'' ./.
The/at queen/nn agreed/vbd on/in December/np 17/cd ,/, a/at warrant/nn was/bedz signed/vbn on/in January/np 27/cd ,/, and/cc the/at Exchequer/nn-tl paid/vbd Quiney/np his/pp$ expenses/nns on/in February/np 27/cd ,/, 1598/9/cd ./.
He/pps listed/vbd what/wdt he/pps had/hvd spent/vbn for/in ``/`` My/pp$ own/jj diet/nn in/in London/np eighteen/cd weeks/nns ,/, in/in which/wdt I/ppss was/bedz sick/jj a/at month/nn ;/. ;/.
my/pp$ mare/nn at/in coming/vbg up/rp 14/cd days/nns ;/. ;/.
another/dt I/ppss bought/vbd there/rb to/to bring/vb me/ppo home/nr 7/cd weeks/nns ;/. ;/.
and/cc I/ppss was/bedz six/cd days/nns going/vbg thither/rb and/cc coming/vbg homewards/rb ;/. ;/.
all/abn which/wdt cost/vbd me/ppo at/in the/at least/ap 20/cd pounds/nns ''/'' ./.
He/pps was/bedz allowed/vbn forty-four/cd pounds/nns in/in all/abn ,/, including/in fees/nns to/in the/at masters/nns of/in requests/nns ,/, Mr./np Fanshawe/np of/in the/at Exchequer/nn-tl ,/, the/at solicitor/nn general/nn ,/, and/cc other/ap officials/nns and/cc their/pp$ clerks/nns ./.
If/cs he/pps borrowed/vbd money/nn from/in Shakespeare/np or/cc with/in his/pp$ help/nn ,/, he/pps would/md now/rb have/hv been/ben able/jj to/to repay/vb the/at loan/nn ./.


	Since/cs more/ap is/bez known/vbn about/in Quiney/np than/cs about/in any/dti other/ap acquaintance/nn of/in Shakespeare/np in/in Stratford/np ,/, his/pp$ career/nn may/md be/be followed/vbn to/in its/pp$ sudden/jj end/nn in/in 1602/cd ./.
During/in 1598/cd and/cc 1599/cd he/pps made/vbd ``/`` manye/ap Guiftes/nns of/in myne/pp$ owne/jj provision/nn bestowed/vbn uppon/in Cowrtiers/nns &/cc others/nns for/in the/at better/jjr effectinge/nn of/in our/pp$ suites/nns in/in hande/nn ''/'' ./.
He/pps was/bedz in/in London/np ``/`` searching/vbg records/nns for/in our/pp$ town's/nn$ causes/nns ''/'' in/in 1600/cd with/in young/jj Henry/np Sturley/np ,/, the/at assistant/jj schoolmaster/nn ./.
When/wrb Sir/np Edward/np Greville/np enclosed/vbd the/at town/nn commons/nn on/in the/at Bancroft/np ,/, Quiney/np and/cc others/nns leveled/vbd his/pp$ hedges/nns on/in January/np 21/cd ,/, 1600/1/cd ,/, and/cc were/bed charged/vbn with/in riot/nn by/in Sir/np Edward/np ./.
He/pps also/rb sued/vbd them/ppo for/in taking/vbg toll/nn of/in grain/nn at/in their/pp$ market/nn ./.
Accompanied/vbn by/in ``/`` Master/nn-tl Greene/np our/pp$ solicitor/nn ''/'' (/( Thomas/np Greene/np of/in the/at Middle/jj-tl Temple/nn-tl ,/, Shakespeare's/np$ ``/`` cousin/nn ''/'' )/) ,/, Quiney/np tried/vbd to/to consult/vb Sir/np Edward/np Coke/np ,/, attorney/nn general/nn ,/, and/cc gave/vbd money/nn to/in a/at clerk/nn and/cc a/at doorkeeper/nn ``/`` that/cs we/ppss might/md have/hv access/nn to/in their/pp$ master/nn for/in his/pp$ counsel/nn butt/cc colde/md nott/* have/hv him/ppo att/in Leasure/nn by/in the/at reason/nn of/in thees/dts trobles/nns ''/'' (/( the/at Essex/np rising/vbg on/in February/np 8/cd )/) ./.
He/pps set/vbd down/rp that/cs ``/`` I/ppss gave/vbd Mr./np Greene/np a/at pynte/nn of/in muskadell/nn and/cc a/at roll/nn of/in bread/nn that/dt last/ap morning/nn I/ppss went/vbd to/to have/hv his/pp$ company/nn to/in Master/nn-tl Attorney/nn-tl ''/'' ./.
After/cs returning/vbg Stratford/np he/pps drew/vbd up/rp a/at defense/nn of/in the/at town's/nn$ right/nn to/to toll/vb corn/nn and/cc the/at office/nn of/in collecting/vbg it/ppo ,/, and/cc his/pp$ list/nn of/in suggested/vbn witnesses/nns included/vbd his/pp$ father/nn and/cc Shakespeare's/np$ father/nn ./.
No/at one/pn ,/, he/pps wrote/vbd ,/, took/vbd any/dti corn/nn of/in Greville's/np$ ,/, for/cs his/pp$ bailiff/nn of/in husbandry/nn ``/`` swore/vbd a/at greate/jj oathe/nn thatt/cs who/wps soe/rb came/vbd to/to put/vb hys/pp$ hande/nn into/in hys/pp$ sackes/nns for/in anye/dti corne/nn shuld/md leave/vb hys/pp$ hande/nn behynde/in hym/ppo ''/'' ./.
Quiney/np was/bedz in/in London/np again/rb in/in June/np ,/, 1601/cd ,/, and/cc in/in November/np ,/, when/wrb he/pps rode/vbd up/rp ,/, as/cs Shakespeare/np must/md often/rb have/hv done/vbn ,/, by/in way/nn of/in Oxford/np ,/, High/jj-tl Wycombe/np-tl ,/, and/cc Uxbridge/np ,/, and/cc home/nr through/in Aylesbury/np and/cc Banbury/np ./.


	After/cs Quiney/np was/bedz elected/vbn bailiff/nn in/in September/np ,/, 1601/cd ,/, without/in Greville's/np$ approval/nn ,/, Greene/np wrote/vbd him/ppo that/cs Coke/np had/hvd promised/vbn to/to be/be of/in counsel/nn for/in Stratford/np and/cc had/hvd advised/vbn ``/`` that/cs the/at office/nn of/in bayly/nn may/md be/be exercised/vbn as/cs it/pps is/bez taken/vbn upon/in you/ppo ,/, (/( Sr./np Edwardes/np his/pp$ consent/nn not/* beinge/beg hadd/hvn to/in the/at swearinge/nn of/in you/ppo )/) ''/'' ./.
Asked/vbn by/in the/at townsmen/nns to/to cease/vb his/pp$ suit/nn ,/, Greville/np had/hvd answered/vbn that/cs ``/`` hytt/pps shulde/md coste/vb hym/ppo 500/cd first/rb &/cc sayed/vbd it/pps must/md be/be tried/vbn ether/dtx before/in my/pp$ Lorde/nn-tl Anderson/np in/in the/at countrey/nn or/cc his/pp$ uncle/nn Ffortescue/np in/in the/at exchequer/nn with/in whom/wpo he/pps colde/md more/rbr prevaile/vb then/cs we/ppss ''/'' ./.
The/at corporation/nn proposed/vbd Chief/jjs-tl Justice/nn-tl Anderson/np for/in an/at arbiter/nn ,/, sending/vbg him/ppo a/at gift/nn of/in sack/nn and/cc claret/nn ./.
Lady/nn-tl Greville/np ,/, daughter/nn of/in the/at late/jj Lord/nn-tl Chancellor/nn-tl Bromley/np and/cc niece/nn of/in Sir/np John/np Fortescue/np ,/, was/bedz offered/vbn twenty/cd pounds/nns by/in the/at townsmen/nns to/to make/vb peace/nn ;/. ;/.
she/pps ``/`` labored/vbd &/cc thought/vbd she/pps shuld/md effecte/vb ''/'' it/ppo but/cc her/pp$ husband/nn said/vbd that/cs ``/`` we/ppss shuld/md wynne/vb it/ppo by/in the/at sworde/nn ''/'' ./.
His/pp$ servant/nn Robin/np Whitney/np threatened/vbd Quiney/np ,/, who/wps had/hvd Whitney/np bound/vbn to/in ``/`` the/at good/jj abaringe/nn ''/'' to/to keep/vb the/at peace/nn ./.
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